SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 70, No. 7/8 (2010), pp. 3175-3202 (28 pages) Biofilms are sessile populations of microbes that live within a self-secreted matrix of extracellular polymers.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Bacteria are social organisms that possess multiple pathways for sensing and responding to small molecules produced by other microbes. Most ...

The mouth is awash in microbes, but scientists so far have merely scratched the surface in identifying and studying the hundreds of bacteria that live in biofilm communities that stick to the teeth ...

Biofilms are a collective of one or more types of microorganisms that can grow on many different surfaces. Microorganisms that form biofilms include bacteria, fungi and protists. One common example of ...

Researchers at Duke University in Durham N.C., have created a prototypical urinary catheter that can get rid of nearly 90 percent of the biofilm that builds up on catheter walls, according to a ...

Figure 2: Biofilm structure analysis (A) ~5 cm thick biofilm sample with distinct color layers. (B) Light microscopy image showing pearl-like mineral grains aligned vertically within the biofilm. (C) ...

Scientists have now discovered a chemical that plants produce when they're stressed prevents dangerous biofilm from forming. The breakthrough offers potential advances in healthcare as well as ...

Hospitals around the world are bracing for a future where common infections no longer respond to standard drugs. Among the ...

A recently discovered class of anti-biofilm compounds from marine microorganisms demonstrate promise against drug-resistant bacteria that frequently cause healthcare-associated infections, according ...

Microscopy images of bacteria strains, one, top, producing fimbriae as normal and one with high level of MEcPP unable to produce the fimbriae. If your teeth have ever felt fuzzy after skipping a ...